Max Kuiper (Rheden, The Netherlands, 1960), Lives and works in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Visual work since 1977.
Sound collages since 1983.
Graduated from ‘AKI’ art school, Enschede, 1993.
Visual work: Collage, drawing, painting, photography, video, materials, spatial installations, artist’s books.
Personal visual artist magazine ‘z\w\a\r\t’ since 2013. 29 issues. A number of issues include audio recordings.
Exhibitions usually consist of combinations of visual work with sound; multimedia installations.
Exhibitions, including some group exhibitions:
Casino, Luxembourg; DeGroen, Arnhem; Omstand, Arnhem; Kunstenlab, Deventer; ACEC, Apeldoorn; De Besturing, The Hague; De Aanschouw, Rotterdam; Cult Crêche, Rotterdam; ‘Crude Transmissions’ festival/gallery Troef, Leiden; Sector2337, Chicago; ‘Mørke Dage’ festival, Aalborg, Denmark; ‘Metanoia’ event, Ghent; LAB Galerie Artyfact, Paris; Gymnastics Hall, Bruges – Organizer ‘House of Art’; Analog Studio Arnhem; Krause Kunst Raum, Cologne; Code Rood/Transmute24, Arnhem; Atelier des Empreintes, Montsoreau, France; The Apohadion Theater, Portland, Maine; Geheime Bunker (‘Secret Bunker’), Arnhem; Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles; Locatie Z, The Hague; KKN 25, Arnhem; Fetishism in Sound festival, Arnhem; Ruru Huis, Sonsbeek 2016, Arnhem; Wunderkammer, Zurich.
Sound project: Les Horribles Travailleurs.
Sound performances, mostly with video projections.
Performances in Zürich, Münster, The Hague, Rotterdam, Arnhem, Hamburg, Berlin, Augsburg, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Deventer, Amersfoort, Dordrecht, Luxembourg and Essen.
Releases of sound works on labels from Ukraine, Germany, the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal, and England, among others. Cassettetapes, cd’s.
Co-manager and curator of the window gallery ‘De Vijf Ramen’(‘Five Windows’) in Arnhem.
105 exhibitions since June 2015.
Active as an organizer of sound events and monthly meetings with the Arnhem sound collective ‘Fetishism in Sound’ – founded in early 2023.
Curator of the online magazine ‘Nuits et Noirs’ – with international contributions, both audio and visual works.
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